Lake Placid (film)

Lake Placid
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Steve Miner
Written by	David E. Kelley
Produced by	David E. Kelley Michael Pressman Peter Bogart
Starring	Bill Pullman Bridget Fonda Oliver Platt Brendan Gleeson
Cinematography	Daryn Okada
Edited by	Paul Hirsch Marshall Harvey
Music by	John Ottman
Production companies	Fox 2000 Pictures[1] Phoenix Pictures[1]
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	July 16, 1999 (1999-07-16)
Running time	82 minutes[1]
Country	United States[1]
Language	English
Budget	$27–35 million[2][3]
Box office	$56.9 million[3]

Lake Placid is a 1999 American comedy horror film^[4] directed by Steve Miner and written by David E. Kelley. It is the first installment in the Lake Placid film series and stars Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Brendan Gleeson, Oliver Platt, Betty White, Meredith Salenger, and Mariska Hargitay. In the film, a giant crocodile terrorizes the fictional location of Black Lake, Maine, while a dysfunctional group of police and scientists attempt to capture or kill the beast.

Lake Placid was produced by Fox 2000 Pictures and Stan Winston Studios (which did the special effects for the creatures) and principal photography was shot in British Columbia, Canada. The film was distributed by 20th Century Fox and released in theatres in the United States on July 16, 1999,^[2] and in the United Kingdom on March 31, 2000.^[5] It grossed $56.9 million worldwide and was followed by five low-budget made-for-television sequels, starting with Lake Placid 2 in 2007.